Emily Parke Chase
My dad turned exactly 100 years old last October. He now lives in the nursing wing of a senior residential facility in Massachusetts. My mom is able to visit Dad every day. Recently, when she stopped by his room, she found him sound asleep so she sat down beside his bed to read until he …
Read More The “Wow” FactorDid you take time off for a vacation over the December holidays? My son is a high school teacher, and after a week or two away, he finds it a challenge to harness his students and settle into grading papers. How do we transition back into the saddle early in January? During December I typically …
Read More Ride on!Tomorrow is Christmas. Thank you for staying with me through these 24 days of Advent. May the Lord bless your Christmas celebrations. You may think this season of thankfulness is done, but actually it is only the beginning. All the individuals – people like Moses, David, Isaiah, and Daniel – whom we have looked at over …
Read More Advent 2016 – Day 24Only one more day of Advent. Tomorrow is our last post on this theme of “Thanking Jesus.” Hope you can join us! With so much to thank the Lord for in his own life, Paul struggled to comprehend how other people could ignore the God of Creation. In Romans 1, the apostle pointed out that …
Read More Advent 2016 – Day 23Are you on Facebook? Despite my objections to the way it can monopolize one’s time, it offers a way to stay in touch with people you don’t get to see every day. The apostle Paul loved the people he served. Because he wasn’t geographically near them and he didn’t have access to Facebook, Paul wrote …
Read More Advent 2016 – Day 22Are you enjoying all the Christmas fudge and cookies these days? Are you also feeding your soul? Thanks for coming back for another of these Advent devotionals on “Thanking Jesus.” My husband visited in the home of a local family when he was touring Russia. His host asked him if he would say a blessing …
Read More Advent 2016 – Day 21Christmas is only a few days away! Thanks for sticking with me for the remaining Advent devotionals on “Thanking Jesus.” We have been tracing stories of individuals throughout scripture who chose to thank God. Luke tells us, in chapter 7 of his gospel, about a day when Jesus was having dinner at the home of …
Read More Advent 2016 – Day 20We are coming down the homestretch on this series of 24 Advent devotionals on “Thanking Jesus.” My husband and I have welcomed hundreds of people into our home. Some have come for a meal, others have stayed for months. We have noticed, however, that of all our guests, those who are most grateful are often …
Read More Advent 2016 – Day 19Can you believe that we only have one week left in this Advent series on “Thanking Jesus”? In Luke chapter 2, the gospel writer described two special people who were righteous and devout. Both hung out at the Temple on a regular basis and both prayed for the appearance of God’s Savior. Luke did not …
Read More Advent 2015 – Day 18Day 17 Thirty plus years ago, I began preparing Advent devotionals each year for my family. Three decades seems like a long time! Seventy years seems even longer… After 70 years of captivity in Babylon, Ezra led the exiled Jews back to Jerusalem and, on that ruined site, started to rebuild the Temple. Even as …
Read More Advent 2016 – Day 17